I have been cleaning a client's house for more that a year, this was a 3600 sq ft house, 4 1/2 baths, 4 bedrooms, plus 3 loads of laundry for $100 once a week. This is a messy house, clothes on the floor, sparkles, games, cards, toys, etc. everywhere. Now they are moving to a bigger house that is 4300 sq ft. How much should I charge? I live in Southern California and the house is within 16 miles from my home. In fact I was thinking either to quit or to raise my rate since, seriously, this is a messy house. Now they are going to go bigger. I don't want to think how the house is going to be every time I go so I want to adjust my rate and not to be underpaid. A million thanks for your advice!
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Do some research and find out what the per sq. ft. price is for that area of the state, and then let them know that you will be charging per sq. ft. for the new home.
If the per sq ft price in your area is say .11 per sq. ft. then offer to clean for .09 per sq. ft. You will still be making a fair wage compared to what they have been paying you. If they do not agree... give your notice!
You have been seriously underpaid just cleaning the 3600 sq ft home. If they can afford a huge house then they can afford to pay a fair price to have it cleaned! That's the bottom line!
Well, Just You, up here in Canada, we consider ourselves lucky to find someone for $35 / hour. Leah, my cleaning lady, brings her own cleaning supplies but uses my vacuum (saves her hauling hers around). I live alone, have 2 bathrooms, three bedrooms, about 1500 square feet and am reasonably tidy (I don't leave stuff lying around and do the dishes myself). Leah does not wash my clothes. She works quickly and is usually done in two and a half hours. And because she has other clients in my area she doesn't charge me for travelling time (which I think would be fair if she came a long way for just my house).
How long did it take you to clean their older, smaller place? If 8 hours, you were earning $12.50 per hour: you can do the math. Working at the same speed it'll probably take you 10 hours to do the newer, bigger place so of course you should charge more.
Raising your hourly rate is of course an option as is asking to be paid for travelling time and expenses (gas or public transit).
Good luck!
I clean a house like that every other week week and charge 175 but the house isn't messy at all. If your feelings like your getting screwed after your done cleaning it's because you are.
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I clean a 2000sq ft home one day per week, 3 bed, 2 bath, and it takes me (now) only 2.5-3 hrs (at first took 4hrs) . They usually have the place pretty clean anyway so I mop, dust, occasional window, sanitize bathrooms, and once is a blue moon change one bed.
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